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Old technology, like broadcast radio, still gets the job done. On Friday, November 2, 2006, Hamas gunmen took refuge in a Gaza mosque. They use Hammas radio to summon a human shield to protect the moque. Israeli soldiers kill one woman and injur others who came to shield the mosque - and the men with guns escaped. But one question. How did Hamas radio get the story? Cell phone? A reporter in the mosque, or a gunman with a phone? A call, or sms? Or a landline in the mosque? Or a computer with email? Or a human messenger? I'd like to know more about how information flowed, and the messages. The AP story describes women called to be ahuman shield. Usually I see the term human shield used to imply people are placed, agaisnt their will, in between combatants. It sounds like these women rushed to the mosque to protect the men. Who were they and why did they come? Were the men boys, the men their mothers? Or husbands and wives? Or was there a threat - come, or we'll know you didn't. - anachison on 2006-11-03

With sporadic shooting persisting Friday morning, Hamas radio broadcast a call to women to go to Beit Hanoun to shield the militants. Dozens of women left their homes to a hurry to the mosque, and en route, came under Israeli fire, witnesses and officials said.
One woman, about 40, was shot dead, and 10 others were wounded, they said.

31 Jul 06